Michael - (pp80/83) Manx Soc vol XXIX

MICHAEL.

The parish church is dedicated to St. Michael and all Angels, and was consecrated 11th June 1835.

The register begins in 1611, copied from the original in 1712 by Mr. Henry Norris, vicar, it having been abused in the Parliament's time.

The living is in the gift of the Crown.

Tithe value	£141 8 0
Glebe, 25 ac. 2 ro. 22 poles, rateable value	50 16 4
Total	£192 4 4

A good vicarage-house and garden.

In the churchyard lie the remains of Bishop Wilson, who died March 7, 1755, aged 93 ; also of Bishop Mark Hildesley, who died December 2, 1772, aged 74. Bishops Mason and Cregan were also buried here.

An Act of Tynwald was promulgated on the 5th July 1834 for rebuilding the parish church on the vicar's ancient glebe, which adjoins the churchyard, the site of the old church to form part of the new churchyard, and that a parcel of land called Cornail-ny-Killagh, shall belong to the vicar of Michael. in lieu of the ancient glebe.-Jeffcott's Statutes, pp. 16-21.

VICARS OF MICHAEL.	Appointed.	Cause of Vacancy.
DONALD CRAHAN	1571
THOMAS PRESTON	1585
	Had a grant of the glebe and other profits for thirty-one years, along with Kk. Maughold. -Monumenta, vol. iii. p. 67.
PHILIP LEIGHE	1605
	Perished at sea. Epis. Regtr.
SIR HUGH CANNELL	1609	Death of P. Leighe.
	Buried February 25, 1670. John Woods and his assigns, the clerkship of Kk. Michael, with the glebe, etc., and fine, the Lord's Book," 1610.The same in 1630 for twenty-one years.
SAMUEL WATTLEWORTH .	1672	Death of H. Cannell.
	Vicar of Patrick, 1677.
SIR EDWARD NELSON	July 13,1680
	Buried October 26, 1685.
HENRY NORRIS	July 8,1686	Death of E. Nelson.
	Buried January 25, 1717.
JOHN ALLEN .	May 21,1734
	Buried July 12, 1735, at Kk. Maughold.
EDWARD MOORE	Nov. 8,1735	Death of J. Allen.
	Vicar-General. Buried September 18, 1751, at Malew.
JAMES WILKS .	March 16,1752	Death of E. Moore.
	Vicar-General and Episcopal Registrar ; translator of Joshua and the Epistles into Manx ; Rector of Ballaugh 1771.
JOHN CRELLIN	Nov. 4,1771	Retirement of J.Wilks.
	Episcopal Registrar; Rector of Bride1798.¹
DANIEL MYLREA	1799	Retirement of J.Crellin.
	Rector of Ballaugh 1802.
NICHOLAS CHRISTIAN	March 15,1802	Retirement of D.Mylrea.
	Vicar of Patrick 1808.
THOMAS HARRISON .	Nov. 25,1808	Retirement of N.Christian.
JOSEPH BROWN	April 4,1818
	Episcopal Registrar. Died January 1860.
JAMES BUTLER KNILL KELLY .	1860	Death of J. Brown.
WILLIAM CLAVELL INGRAM		Resignation of J. B.K. Kelly.
ROBERT AIREY		Resignation of W. C.Ingram.
	Vicar of Santon 1878.
E. B. SAVAGE .	November 1878	Resignation of RobertAirey.
	Present Vicar.

1 In the chapel-yard, Ballure, on an elevated monument-Here repose the remains of Margaret, wife of Rev. John Crellin, daughter of John Frissel, and granddaughter of Deemster Christian, to whom this monument is erected by her disconsolate husband; not as an addition to her fame-vain were that thought ! but as a testimony, small as it is, of the constant and unfeigned love he bears to the memory of the best of women and of wives.
Puerpera, ob. Aug. 18 mo. 1770, setat. 31 ans.

ST. NICHOLAS-BISHOP'S COURT, MICHAEL.

The present chapel, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was consecrated 26th August 1858.

Income of the Lord Bishop, £1515.

Glebe, 245 acres in Michael

3652 „ in Ballaugh

6102 acres. Tithe value in 1839, £1085.

Bishop's Court was the residence of Bishop Simon as early as 1230. It bore the name of Orry's Tower in early days. Bishop Wilson planted the trees. Bishop Powys greatly added to the residence, and rebuilt the present chapel, as a memorial to Bishop Wilson. In 1855 he was empowered to expend a sum not exceeding £2000, to be a charge upon the glebe, and to be repaid by instalments extending over thirty years.

In 1860 a further sum of £1000 was granted for the like purpose, and to be repaid in the same manner.


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